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The position of the intrinsic Fermi level of an undoped semiconductor (EFi) is given by:

A. $$\frac{{{{\text{E}}_{\text{C}}} - {{\text{E}}_{\text{V}}}}}{2} + \frac{{{\text{kT}}}}{2}\ln \frac{{{{\text{N}}_{\text{V}}}}}{{{{\text{N}}_{\text{C}}}}}$$

B. $$\frac{{{{\text{E}}_{\text{C}}} + {{\text{E}}_{\text{V}}}}}{2} - \frac{{{\text{kT}}}}{2}\ln \frac{{{{\text{N}}_{\text{V}}}}}{{{{\text{N}}_{\text{C}}}}}$$

C. $$\frac{{{{\text{E}}_{\text{C}}} + {{\text{E}}_{\text{V}}}}}{2} + \frac{{{\text{kT}}}}{2}\ln \frac{{{{\text{N}}_{\text{V}}}}}{{{{\text{N}}_{\text{C}}}}}$$

D. $$\frac{{{{\text{E}}_{\text{C}}} - {{\text{E}}_{\text{V}}}}}{2} - \frac{{{\text{kT}}}}{2}\ln \frac{{{{\text{N}}_{\text{V}}}}}{{{{\text{N}}_{\text{C}}}}}$$

Answer: Option C


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